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Great! except that to be called a kernel it's missing just a process manager, memory manager, filesystem, process separation and hardware abstraction. Yeah I'm
by aortega 13y ago
Great! except that to be called a kernel it's missing just a process manager, memory manager, filesystem, process separation and hardware abstraction. Yeah I'm that guy, down vote me as you wish, the article is still wrong.
It's a way to load a ring-0 application into grub. Pretty cool, but not a kernel.
- nwg 13y agoIt's a statically linked program, real memory, diskless system, kernel-mode-only kernel without too much fluff in the video i/o abstraction.
- aortega 13y agoKernel means "core". Kernel-mode-only kernel is a contradiction. If you don't have separate parts, you can't have a core.
- ANTSANTS 13y agoIs Super Mario Bros. a kernel? Every NES, Game Boy, Sega Genesis, etc... game ran on the "bare metal" without anything resembling an OS (or even a BIOS, really).
- wzdd 13y agoThere are plenty of kernels which don't do most of the things you mentioned.
- Everlag 13y agoThe start of an extreme microkernel. Just add messaging, a little memory work, processes and the rest can be possibly done in user mode!
- aortega 13y agoI agree, it's like a microkernel, you only have to add a microkernel.